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Revolt into Style
Revolt into Style: The Pop Arts | George Melly
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'The first serious attempt to analyse pop culture by someone who was part of it.' Julian Mitchell, Guardian The redoubtable George Melly (1926-2007): flamboyant jazz singer, sexually ambiguous raconteur, prodigiously gifted critic. (…more)
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#BookHaul 📚 #OldPenguins 🐧
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Revolt into Style: A 70s view of 60s pop culture by a man who ⬇️

Bookwomble ... lived it. George Melly was a TV mainstay when I was growing up: an eccentric jazz singer, raconteur, art critic and social commentator, he always seemed like he would be great fun to know, but possibly difficult to live with. I had that "Ahh!" moment when I saw this. And what a fantastic Beatles cover by Peter Blake ?
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Bookwomble ... interesting to compare this to the modern book I read on the topic earlier this year.
[If I read any of these this year, I'll surprise myself! 📚🧗🏻‍♂️]
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Leftcoastzen Love these ! 8mo
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen They're pretty sweet pertaters, if I do say so myself! 🍠😄 8mo
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